Carbon13 accelerates the transition to a sustainable, net-zero future by supporting climate tech founders.
If you do not have an idea, you will either be supported to find an idea to develop which can significantly reduce emissions, or join a cofounder/team with strong insights into an emitting industry and together execute the implementation of their validated customer pain points.
After Phase 2, we invest pre-seed into a selection of the teams. They then use Phase 3 to focus on market, product, business model and strategy to prepare the venture for further seed-stage investment. We also help you look at scaling strategies, managing growth pains and developing a
Carbon13's Venture Builder is tailored to support purpose-driven people, whether they're new to climate, entrepreneurship or venture builders, or if they've already accumulated expertise in those areas (about half of our founders have founded a startup before). And unlike traditional accelerators, you do NOT need to have a startup idea already - we can help with that - though half our founders are already working on ideas when they join.
CaptureCarbon13 is sector agnostic so founders can explore ideas in any emitting industry. We tailor our support accordingly for science-based, deeptech or hardware ventures - whether it's support on go-to-market strategy, IP protection, fundraising or team building, you'll be accessing a brains trust of hundreds of experts, peers, and partners.
Working on IP or a climatetech idea already?
Apart from nine in-person days in Berlin, you can do the programme from anywhere in the world. The rest of the programme is delivered remotely.
When you join one of our cohorts, you'll be welcomed into a community with hundreds of other founders all working on solutions to save the climate.